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Title Ecological Rift and Transformative environmentalism: A Comparative analysis of Ghosh and Ribonson's Climate fiction

Author(s) Mehreen

Abstract Title: Ecological Rift and Transformative Environmentalism: A Comparative Analysis of Ghosh and Robinson’s Climate Fiction In this study, I have analysed “The Living Mountain”, Jungle Nama and The Ministry for the Future to explore the type of ecological rifts, ecological plurality and the ethical relationship between human and non-human entities in two different cultural contexts i.e., South Asian and Western climate fiction. This is a qualitative research that analyses the text using comparative analysis to meet the research objectives. In this study, I have employed two theoretical lenses from environmental discourse i.e., ecological rift given by Foster et al. and transformative environmentalism given by Otto. The findings of the research reveal that ecological rifts depicted in both South Asian and Western cli-fi are created due to the paradox of wealth that views public resources as free gifts, but the representation of these rifts, in the selected cli-fi texts, has profound differences due to socio-cultural differences between the two regions. In terms of interconnectedness between human and non-human entities for transformative environmentalism, Ghosh emphasizes the traditional episteme of the indigenous population and the spiritual side of nature while dismantling colonial motives. On the other hand, Robinson emphasizes a technological and economic paradigm shift for transformative environmentalism. Overall, this comparative study explores the particularities of South Asian and Western climate fiction for ecological plurality

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Publication Date 2024-03-28

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